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Atomic History & Structure

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the first person to think of an atom?

a)

Democritus

b)

Dalton

c)

Rutherford

d)

Bohr

2.

What does "atomos" mean?

a)

tiny

b)

carbon

c)

uncuttable

d)

invisible

3.

Whose model was a small sphere with a hard shell (billiard ball)?

a)

Democritus

b)

Dalton

c)

Rutherford

d)

Bohr

4.

Who developed the Plum Pudding Model (Chocolate Chip Cookie Model)?

a)

Democritus

b)

Thomson

c)

Rutherford

d)

Einstein

5.

Who found out atoms are mostly empty space?

a)

Democritus

b)

Thomson

c)

Rutherford

d)

Einstein

6.

What is the dense, positively charged center of an atom called?

(a)  

7.

Who said that atoms move around the nucleus in certain paths and came up with the Solar System Model?

a)

Democritus

b)

Thomson

c)

Rutherford

d)

Bohr

8.

What is the modern (current) model of the atom called?

a)

Electron Cloud Model

b)

Solar System Model

c)

Plum Pudding Model

d)

Billiard Ball Model

9.

What are the positively charged particles in the nucleus called?

(a)  

10.

What are the particles with no charge called?

(a)  

11.

What are the very small, negatively charged particles called?

(a)  

12.

What does amu stand for?

a)

atoms make unicorns

b)

atomic mass units

c)

atomic messenger units

d)

always mention umbrellas